List of dried foods

Various dried foods in a dried foods store
An electric food dehydrator with mango and papaya slices being dried

This is a list of dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food. Where or when dehydration as a food preservation technique was invented has been lost to time, but the earliest known practice of food drying is 12000 BC by inhabitants of the modern Middle East and Asia.[1]

  1. ^ "Historical Origins of Food Preservation". Accessed June 2011.